Rights group condemns Alabama law

Alabama’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law denies basic human rights to illegal immigrants and should be immediately repealed, according to a report released Wednesday.

In “No Way to Live: Alabama’s Immigrant Law,” Human Rights Watch documented the effect of the immigration law with first-hand accounts by 57 Alabama residents. According to the study, many illegal immigrants have left the state — but those that decided to stay have faced profound difficulties.

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“The law denies unauthorized immigrants equal protection of the law guaranteed under the U.S. constitution and applicable international human rights law,” the report states. “And it has encouraged local and state officials to deny unauthorized immigrants basic rights such as access to water and housing. Although the law is new and its full impact unclear, it has already severely affected the state’s unauthorized immigrants, their children, many of whom are US citizens, and the broader community linked to this population.”

The report pushes for the law’s repeal, and also encourages Congress and President Barack Obama take action. Congress should enact comprehensive immigration reform, HRW wrote, and Obama should direct the Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. agencies not to participate in enforcement of the Alabama law.

Obama must also direct the Justice Department to “vigorously investigate all allegations of civil rights violations due to the Alabama law.”

The law has also created a climate of fear in the state, according to the report. Almost every illegal immigrant said they had curtailed their everyday activities, such as driving and shopping, and one woman told HRW, “We live in terror.”

The report also criticized the law’s prohibition of illegal immigrants entering into “business transactions” with the state. Local officials, the report states, have used the law “to deny unauthorized immigrants access to everyday necessities such as water and housing in violation of their basic rights.”

The intent of the law, according to the report, is simple: to take away the basic rights and equal protection of the law for illegal immigrants to make it difficult or almost impossible for them to live in Alabama.

“While every state in the United States has a population of people who entered the country illegally who may lawfully be subject to deportation, no federal or state law may create a situation in which fundamental rights due all persons are infringed upon,” the report states. “Alabama’s immigrant law, however, does just that.”

The “only appropriate solution” is the law’s repeal, HRW wrote. On Friday, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said the law will not be scrapped, but announced he is developing a bill for next year that will “clarify and simplify” the current law.

The law has come under fire several times since it was enacted in September. In recent weeks, two foreign workers from the auto industry were picked up under the law, stirring controversy over its enforcement.

The Justice Department is currently challenging the law in federal court, saying the crackdown tramples on federal powers.

Once again for "Human Rights Watch" Luis Gutierrez,La Raza,Maldev and Barack Hussein Obama.--ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE NO RIGHTS OF ANY KIND OTHER THAN TO BE ARRESTED,JAILED,AND DEPORTED.Illegal is just that,Illegal and they are criminals guilty of violating our borders. And once again,if Obama thought for one millisecond that the illegals would vote republican,you would see something on the border that would make the Great Wall of China look like a picket fence,complete with minefields and gun towers,which by the way,isn't a bad idea-and a cheap one too.

In point of fact, water and housing are not basic rights. While they are fundamental to survival, there is no God-given inalienable right to water and housing. Working/struggling to live has always been, and always will be germaine to the human existence. True, as social people, we all enjoy better means of living if we help one another AND all contribute to the good of society by whatever means our talents provide. Hence, we pursue the goals of eliminating poverty and starvation; but it cannot be done on the backs of a minority. I am not claiming that illegals don't contribute; likely as a whole, just the opposite is true. Their contribution may outweigh the masses of "citizens" who contribute nothing.

Perhaps if we were a "fair" society, we'd keep the illegals and deport the "do-nothings".

To a great extent the mainstream Liberal media appear traumatized by the old traditional issue, that there are only TWO foremost alternatives of what to do with the officially estimated number of 11 million illegal aliens (a disinfected figure.) For those persons who are residing without permission in this sovereign nation; either deporting them or allowing a Path to citizenship.

Nowhere is this counterfeit proposal more perceptible than in the media conduct of Mitt Romney's immigration proposal. It is substantially obvious to the American person, which in essence smells of Amnesty. No presidential contender has debated more about the particulars of dealing with the 11 million than Romney. He has told the audiences in the discussions of what his opposition to amnesty is for aliens and what he suggests to do with them?

The problem for the Liberal media against Mitt Romney is that he maintains a third preference that is generally known as “ATTTRITION THROUGH ENFORCEMENT” which doesn’t include anything like mass deportation and legalization. It’s an easy access to a government website, that indicates whether you can be hired or not and official directions what to do if you are flagged. The application also costs absolutely nothing to arrange and its outcome once going at full steam is self-deportation that also cost nothing to taxpayers. However, the national press turns a blind eye, which has anything to do remotely with removing illegal aliens from the workplace. God forbid that--Romney should receive any credit for his innovation that purely conveys his values to difficult for most established Republican Members of Congress (and Democrats). But the Texas Governor should at least get a merit badge for having that position. Then we have Michele Bachmann, THE TRUE TEA PARTY CHAIRMAN. Bachmann needs to gain more momentum by establishing her stand more on the illegal immigration occupation.

Bachmann of Minnesota needs to press her opposition against Obama’s Department of IN-justice, there ugly treatment of Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Utah and soon North Carolina who are concerned by foreign national parasites, leeching the welfare assistance in those states; yet excluding not suing California, Nevada, Colorado, New York and others, who have declared their cities sanctuaries for illegal aliens and still receiving federal funds. In addition Bachmann should cite a second bill that has 80 sponsors is H.R.140, titled the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, which was introduced by Rep. Steve King of Iowa, which will establish that babies smuggled into our nation, for the sole purpose of illegal parents to take advantage of the taxpayers. From the time of entry the parent can collect public entitlement, using the child as a pivot to remain here. Benefits will accumulate over many years of health care, education and further welfare supplements. If you cut off the billions of dollars in welfare and cash payments to ‘foothold children’, millions of illegal migrants and immigrants will leave, knowing there will be no more—FREE HANDOUTS.

Lady Bachmann has the highest grade of B-, determined by the pro-sovereignty group NumbersUSA, then followed on her heels by Romney who is graded at C-. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has dropped to a D-, after adopting that illegal alien solution, for those who have settled here for at least twenty five years and should receive a pardon, although not eligible for citizenship. One must wonder how Gingrich is going to construe who arrived here 25 years previous, or even ten years ago. For starters--how did they get a job, if the federal government was carrying out enforcement? Then again to get a job, they had to hand over a Social Security number to be hired. In other words they made up a SSN, and used fraudulent documents. So isn’t that a—FELONY?

This is why the House must pass the ‘Legal Workforce Act’ or better recognized as E-Verify. This is why Americans must come together and press the federal, State Representatives to co-sponsor Bill H.R. 2885. This is the only avenue left to control unauthorized workers stealing jobs from lawful American workers and legal residents, as nothing has been seriously done since the Simpson-Mazzoli bill inception in 1986. That is why the numbers of illegal aliens have been climbing ever since and too the majority of Americans, well past 20 million.

I was surprised that two Democrats have now co-sponsored the “Legal Workforce Act’, which is generating enormous support from the American people. It’s the taxpayer voters, who are contact their Representatives in the House and Senate, determined not to be ushered to the side lines and demanding the E-Verify law. Thousands are calling 202-224-3121 to be directed to their federal and state political members and having a nationwide impact. Why not make your vote known by doing your civic duty in demonstrating that illegal aliens must go home. Can you even imagine what the hundred billion dollars that is going to subsidize illegal immigrants, can financial assist your states funds?

Don’t be fooled by the Democrats and Liberal Progressives that illegal alien do pay their fair share in taxes. Those who do are insignificant, and use the IRS ITIN number and receive $4.6 Billion dollars back in tax credits.

The Department of Justice Eric Holder, implicated in the ‘Gun-walking’ scheme, known as ‘Fast and Furious’ and the death of Brian Terry, a US Border Patrol agent killed by the American government incompetence, is now the driving force to use his power against states that have enacted laws to stop non-citizens voting in our elections. Remember the fraudulent canvassing group ‘ACORN’ as they are back on the map, assuming another name and having been prosecuted in 11 states.

Alabama’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law denies basic human rights to illegal immigrants and should be immediately repealed, according to a report released Wednesday.

toughest - No it ain't. Tough would be something like killing them. All Alabama is trying to do is enforce a very Old Law, a very Basic Law, an Expected Law, a Common Sense Law, a Law that merely seeks to enforce The Law.

basic human right - Your Human Right lies with the Country of your Birth. America and Americans owe no one, no one and damn sure no illegal alien, ANYTHING! If anybody owes anybody anything, it's the ENTIRE WORLD who OWES America and that's a fact.

repealed - When it doesn't fit you, you don't want American Law but when it does, you EXPECT it. This is one reason why you spawn don't belong here. You are completely unethical and amoral.

They "watch" us but conveniently ignore MS-13, 18th Street gang, LA Kings, Bloods, Crips, the untold number of asian gangs, the untold number of haitian gangs and the other hispanic/latino gangs I didn't mention for all these gangs are doing nothing but good for America are they not?

Human Rights - should be anywhere but in America. South America and all of The Middle East needs you or, is it barbarism that is "Right" and a Country based on Ethics, Morals and Law is not?

In “No Way to Live: Alabama’s Immigrant Law,” Human Rights Watch documented the effect of the immigration law with first-hand accounts by 57 Alabama residents. According to the study, many illegal immigrants have left the state — but those that decided to stay have faced profound difficulties.

57 - So, because fifty-seven people CHOSE to Break the Law, THREE HUNDRED MILLION people must submit?

illegal immigrant - no such thing. Aliens are more than abundant in America both legal and illegal, this is fer sure but "illegal immigrants", we have none.

profound difficulties - ALL criminals who CHOOSE to Break the Law always find themselves in profound difficulty in one manner or another.

left the State - Not good enough. They need to leave America and go back to their own Countries.

The latino nazis are invading and conquering America. They want to turn this beautiful and unique country into the same garbage pile they fled from in south America or Mexico. To hell with "human rights watch". Tell them to pound sand, and stick their report you know where.

Tell your elected representative: no amnesty, no way, never. No dream act. No agjobs bill. No nothing. Only handcuffs and a ride to the border. Take action, make a phone call, e mail your congressman, go to their office in person. Pound on their desks.

Or else you are going to wake up to a 3rd world nightmare next door, grafitti on every wall, houses with 45 people living in them, gangs, drugs, guns, garbage in the streets.

“The law denies unauthorized immigrants equal protection of the law guaranteed under the U.S. constitution and applicable international human rights law,” the report states. “And it has encouraged local and state officials to deny unauthorized immigrants basic rights such as access to water and housing.

First, Illegal Aliens have No Rights and second, Illegal Aliens have No Rights.

unauthorized immigrants - No such thing. Again, we have more Aliens both legal and illegal than America and Americans can stand AND "We" are also tired of paying for them and even more so now given the FACT we have no money.

equal protection - is only guaranteed to Americans. Illegal Aliens are not American and so, have NO Right to Equal Protection.

international - America ain't international neither. Looky here, if you want to play that game then okay, let's play. Iran, Afghanistan, Cuba, Mexico, China, India, Pakistan, Guatemala, Africa, ALL non-white Countries ALSO need to be "international" and be FORCED to accept whatever "We" say too.

basic rights - access is not a Right for one and access to anything has ALWAYS cost money for two. And, Rights are not Free. They're not even guaranteed as people like to believe for if that were true, you wouldn't have your Constitutional Right to be Free of Illegal Search and Seizure Violated like you do when you dare to travel by plane.

water and housing - Where do you get off thinking/believing anyone, be they legal or not, is entitled to water and housing? If you want free water, go sip from your local stream and if you want free housing, build a tree house in the woods and good luck with that 'cause I cain't think of a single piece of land that ain't owned by someone.

Although the law is new and its full impact unclear, it has already severely affected the state’s unauthorized immigrants, their children, many of whom are US citizens, and the broader community linked to this population.”

This is such crap, you could fertilize all of America with it.

law is new - No, it's a Law that is meant to enforce an Old Law that is not being enforced.

impact unclear - Deliberate. Absolutely Deliberate. The impact has always been clear and that is: America is for Americans. Or, to put it in language you can understand, Illegal Aliens do not belong here PERIOD.

severely affected - NO, it has SEVERLY affected Americans. Americans are the ones who have paid for it all. ALL. You got that?

children - aka ILLEGAL ALIENS! Those "children" can blame their parent or parentS if they were lucky enough to have a daddy who cared enough to stick around that is.

US citizens - again, NO, they are not. My Founding Fathers' would have immediately torn down that Supreme Court and rebuilt with a no holds barred definition of what Legality and Illegality means and how Illegality Cannot, under any circumstance for it is Ethically, Morally and Legally Impossible, to Birth Legality.

broader community - says NO to illegal aliens and their forever want for hand-outs, free rides and their unabated DEMAND for Legality of which they have NO RIGHT too!

The report pushes for the law’s repeal, and also encourages Congress and President Barack Obama take action. Congress should enact comprehensive immigration reform, HRW wrote, and Obama should direct the Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. agencies not to participate in enforcement of the Alabama law.

Obama must also direct the Justice Department to “vigorously investigate all allegations of civil rights violations due to the Alabama law.”

repeal - You have No Right to Repeal anything. You are fighting for Illegality and Illegality has No Merit, No Spirit and definitely No Standing.

encourage - Anyone who Serves and gives Illegality Legality, Render their Self Illegal and thus, no nothing they say or do is Legal.

comprehensive - Tell me, why are Americans being forced to pay so Aliens don't have to learn English?

not to participate - Okay. From here on out, No American Shall Ever be Hunted Down, Convicted nor Jailed for any Offense whatsoever. Fair is Fair right?

vigorously - Good God. You have no problem with American Law applying to Americans but you and yours? Well By God, Law does not Apply now does it? You do not belong here.

civil rights - are not supposed to exist for one and is nothing but flat out discrimination against White People for two and an outright lie for three and absolutely UN American for four and just plain wrong. American Rights is all that was ever needed.

civil rights - Illegal Aliens have No Rights so this very anti-white "law" cannot possibly apply.

The law has also created a climate of fear in the state, according to the report. Almost every illegal immigrant said they had curtailed their everyday activities, such as driving and shopping, and one woman told HRW, “We live in terror.”

climate of fear - You mean for once, they care about Breaking the Law?

curtailed - Good. Now go home and we'll all be good.

terror - I would think having your head chopped off for whatever offense idiotlam deems would be "terror" but no, the Illegal Alien believes Abiding Law is "terror". People with this sort of mind think do not belong here. They are natural criminals and criminals are not welcome here.

The report also criticized the law’s prohibition of illegal immigrants entering into “business transactions” with the state. Local officials, the report states, have used the law “to deny unauthorized immigrants access to everyday necessities such as water and housing in violation of their basic rights.”

Many people have stated and one I must now repeat and that is and to paraphrase:

What is it about Illegal that you do not understand?

"business transactions" - you have NO RIGHT to conduct anything here for Christ's Sake! Illegal is just plain 'ole Illegal and there's nothing to say, debate or do about it. You people, based on your Sense of Ethics alone should keep you out.

the rest of your crap is nothing but repeat after repeat. It's one thing to repeat Truth but you, you are repeating lies and promoting time and again, the Violation of Law for one but not for all. You are a "racist" according to the new definition.

unauthorized - How do you use this term while speaking of authorized "rights" at the same time? Would that not qualify as being contradictory in terms?

basic rights - are afforded to ONLY those whom RIGHTFULLY Belong. You, Illegal Alien, do not have this Right.

water and housing - Must be paid for and it must be Legal. For every space and every piece of money and every job an Illegal Alien steals is a space, money and job that is denied to an American. How dare you. If I had it my way, I'd kill ya.

The intent of the law, according to the report, is simple: to take away the basic rights and equal protection of the law for illegal immigrants to make it difficult or almost impossible for them to live in Alabama.

Pray Tell, what will it take for you people to understand that it is YOUR RESPONSIBILTY to make YOUR COUNTRY work for you?

basic rights - don't exist. You can sneak and cheat you way onto someone else's Property and steal whatever you can but understand, that is not a "basic right", it's Theft and Punishable by Law.

equal protection - Let's see here, the likes of any Country you can name is allowed to enforce their immigration policies but "We" are not? Who told you this?

impossible - Now you've got it. It is impossible for Illegal Aliens to reside in any part of America for they are Illegal!